Facebook has started a campaign asking its users in India to send an automated email to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) letting them know that they support Free Basics, its zero rating platform which violates net neutrality. Through automated emails, Facebook is trying get public support for its version of net neutrality in TRAI's consultation paper. Earlier this month, TRAI issued another consultation paper on net neutrality that focused on differential pricing of data services, asking whether telecom operators should be allowed to charge differently. The deadline for submissions is 30th December 2015, and for counter comments is the 7th of January 2016. We wonder where they got the idea from. That said, TRAI should not negate the submissions of over a million users in its previous consultation paper. Here's what the email says: "Free Basics provides free access to essential internet services like communication, education, healthcare, employment, farming and more. It helps those who can't afford to pay for data, or who need a little help getting started online. And it's open to all people, developers and mobile operators. With one billion Indian people not yet connected, shutting down Free Basics would hurt our country's most vulnerable people. I support Free Basics - and digital equality for India. Thank you." However, many users have been complaining on social media that Facebook is getting their petition 'signed' without people actually doing it. @mohan_says@r0h1n@beastoftraal@PranavDixit That is TRUE, friends say t hey didnt signup, erroneous or deliberate? pic.twitter.com/kyeE71lPjq — Monica Jasuja (@jasuja) December 17, 2015 Note that in…
Please subscribe to MediaNama. Don't share prints and PDFs.
You May Also Like
News
Google has released a Google Travel Trends Report which states that branded budget hotel search queries grew 179% year over year (YOY) in India, in...
Advert
135 job openings in over 60 companies are listed at our free Digital and Mobile Job Board: If you’re looking for a job, or...
News
By Aroon Deep and Aditya Chunduru You’re reading it here first: Twitter has complied with government requests to censor 52 tweets that mostly criticised...
News
Rajesh Kumar* doesn’t have many enemies in life. But, Uber, for which he drives a cab everyday, is starting to look like one, he...